Forbes: Soon Hearing Aids Will Be Sold Over The Counter, But Could The Rules Already Be Out of Date?

Reporting by Mark Sparrow

The hearing aid market is in something of a state of flux as new legislation on the horizon

will enable people to buy devices over the counter that can help them hear more clearly if they experience mild to moderate hearing loss. Here, hearables industry insider, Andrew

Bellavia, from Knowles Corp., warns that the legislation for OTC (Over the Counter) hearing devices could soon be out of date.

Discussions to legalize OTC (Over the Counter) hearing devices in the USA have been ongoing for a long time. Finally, some concrete action took place when the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 (FDARA) mandated the creation of a new category of OTC hearing aids.

Almost five years have passed and now the OTC rule will come into effect later this year.

In consumer tech terms, five years is a very long time. Since the legislation was passed...

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